Effects of ectoparasitism on host condition in the Drosophila-Macrocheles system

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1807-1817

  Polak, Michal ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila nigrospiracula; Ectoparasitism in Drosophila, physiological costs; Fitness traits; Macrocheles subbadius; Parasitism; Sperm competition; Sperm production; Testis condition

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; ECTOPARASITE; FLY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION;

ACARI; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA NIGROSPIRACULA; DROSOPHILIDAE; MACROCHELES; MACROCHELES SUBBADIUS; MACROCHELIDAE;

EID: 0031828594     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1807:eoeohc]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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